Exodus Chapter 18 verse 2 Holy Bible
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
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And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
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And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
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Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
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Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,
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Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
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and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - After he had sent her back. Literally "after her dismissal." It is curious that the fact of the dismissal had not been previously mentioned, yet is here assumed as known. Some commentators (as Knobel) find, in what is said of Zipporah, the trace of two distinct writers who give two contradictory narratives; but the difficulties and obscurities of the history are sufficiently intelligible, if we hear in mind - 1. That Moses was addressing immediately those who knew the facts; and 2. That he was studious of brevity.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2)After he had sent her back.--Heb., after her dismissal. The fact had not been previously stated, but is in harmony with the general narrative, which has been absolutely silent concerning Zipporah since Exodus 4:26. Moses had sent Zipporah back to her own relations, either in anger, on account of the scene described in Exodus 4:24-26, or simply that he might not be encumbered with wife and children during the dangers and troubles which he anticipated in Egypt. Jethro assumed that, as the main troubles were now over, he would be glad to have his wife and children restored to him.(2) He does not simply judge--i.e., decide the particular question brought before him; but he takes the opportunity to educate and instruct the people in delivering his judgments--he "makes them know the statutes of God and His laws"--he expounds principles and teaches morality. Both reasons were clearly of great weight, and constituted strong arguments in favour of his practice.
